Business
Warner Bros Discovery, BT close JV transaction, intend to launch new sports brand into UK market
A new sports brand will be launched "over time", which will be combined with an entertainment offering from WBD
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Business
Warner Bros Discovery sells stake in GB News
The stake has been sold to existing backers Legatum Ventures Limited and Sir Paul Marshall
Media Delivery
Warner Bros Discovery confirms plans to merge HBO Max and discovery Plus
New unnamed streaming service will launch in the United States next summer, with other markets to follow
Media Consumption
WBD’s Tour de France coverage breaks records across 50 European markets
Broadcaster reported its best overall pan-Europe Tour de France television performance on its linear channels for five years
Live Production
Live in the moment: WBD aims to capture every minute of Tour de France Femmes
Guy Voisin, senior director of cycling and golf, talks to TVBEurope about the broadcaster's plans for its coverage of the inaugural race
Business
BT/Warner Bros Discovery joint venture wins CMA approval
BT Sport and Eurosport UK will initially retain their separate brands before being brought together under a single brand in the future
Media Consumption
WBD: Linear sport channels see 10 per cent growth during first half of 2022
discovery+ has also seen sport video views more than double (149 per cent) and streaming minutes more than triple (213 per cent) compared to...
Media Delivery
No further European roll-out for HBO Max
Warner Bros Discovery is instead focusing on a singular streaming service that will combine HBO Max and discovery+
Live Production
Warner Bros Discovery to bring ‘raft of innovations’ to Tour de France coverage
In a sports broadcasting first, the Cube studio will use Unreal Engine 5 to showcase some of the finer, technical nuances of the sport
Business
Warner Bros Discovery-BT JV probed by CMA
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is probing the joint venture between Warner Bros Discovery and BT Group
Business
‘Innovation is at the core of what we’re going to do together’: Execs lay out plans for BT Sport’s future
"A lot of the work we've done around innovation within BT Sport has been about looking at and understanding the infrastructure that is in...
Business
Warner Bros Discovery/BT JV ‘will increase competition in the UK sports rights market’
"The financial resources of the business would certainly allow it to invest more in Premier League packages at the time of the next tender,"...
Business
Warner Bros Discovery, BT reach ‘definitive agreement’ on BT Sport joint venture
Warner Bros Discovery could buyout BT during the joint venture's fist four years, while BT could sell its stake or enter an IPO